SomeoneHe said one of the artists working for his company brought the image to him.

“I made a judgment error and didn't research the background of this particular submission,” Goldman said. “My intention was not to copy Mr. Kelly.”

it's like someone showing him a picture of mona lisa…“oh this looks good! traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaceeeee”

watta douche bag

SomeoneOf the Internet reaction, Goldman said: “This is just a bunch of hater artists trying to take me down. I'm not an online Web guy. I'm not trying to rip people off. I work with a team of artists at David & Goliath. We create thousands of designs.”

Wow. I don't even know if I can remember all the stuff I wanted to reply to on here.

Ugh. I mean seriously. What the damn? How does stuff get into mass production like this? I just don't get it. Surely someone should have caught it.

rainingbellsAnd you know, a lot of artists who steal produce crap on their own, when they don't have something to reference, so it's obvious when you ACTUALLY see their work, in the way their quality or style fluctuates. … But what's happening, really? You're getting a lot of pissed off artists who keep talking. And the original artist will get more attention, more hits, more fans in the longrun.

Right. Because no publicity is bad publicity. I've had my art ripped off and put on DeviantArt. I've had my stories stolen (included SCD) and my poetry stolen. After the dA incident I stopped linking the stuff up becuase I realized I was only making it worse. If it happened again I'd just email them with a nice phone number they could call to my lawyer's office.

BlackKittyAnd on a more personal level, I actually own a David and Goliath t-shirt. At the time I thought it was quite a witty shirt and now I'm wondering if he stole the idea for that too. Damn you Todd Goldman. You ruined what was otherwise a perfectly good shirt. D:<

We owned a couple of the Goodbye Kitty magnets. When I told my husband about this he was livid. Seriously livid. And threw them away. And it made him very sad. So Todd Goldman, you made my husband cry. If I ever see your cheating ass I will throw more than rocks at you. :(

OzoneoceanYou know the most tragically silly aspect of the whole thing? The fact that he even copied the shape of the speech bubble.

Haha - and I think that's the only part of this that made me laugh. Mostly out of pity.

kingofsnakeHas DD received a cease and desist order about this forum topic yet?

I highly doubt DD will receive a cease and desist order. My personal speculation is that those who do get a C&D are those who also talk about the e-mail that was sent that falsely suggested that Dave Kelly was a pedophile and proceeded to link cartoon examples (those e-mails were sent in response to minors. I know people tend to think that everybody online is their age but the reality is that no, everybody is NOT your age. Some are actually younger.) I wrote a brief article about this on Comixpedia and to my knowledge, they weren't faced with a C&D.

Most of the time I find thieves laughable because of the immense stupidity it takes to actually become one, especially when the Internet is involved. A little while ago someone was pretending to be me on NewGround.com and stealing other people's movies. These movies weren't even in my style, and they were taken from a plethora of artists, which meant that for every single movie there was a different style that dominated it. And if that didn't tip people off, the person even entered my age incorrectly, saying that I was 21 instead of 19.

Most of the time, I just blow these people off because the act is very foolish, they always end up being caught, and it's indirectly paying you a compliment. But when you get to someone who's making money off your idea, it's even better because you can sue them.Or worse. I can't decide.